TCOT Podcast Episode 040 - Fan Dancer’s Horse

  

TCOT Podcast Episode 040 - Fan Dancer’s Horse

 Season 1 - Episode 15

Originally aired - December 28, 1957

iTunes TCOT Episode 40 - Fan Dancer’s Horse

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is the 15 episode from season 1 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Tragg

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

John Brinkley - only ep of PM/26 roles from 1957-1964 including Teenage Cave Men/Bucket of Blood/wrote and starred in T-Bird Gang

Jasper Fenton


Hugh Sanders- 5 eps of PM/227 roles from 1949-1966 including The Addams Family/Bonanza/My 3 Sons/Twilight Zone/To Kill a Mockingbird/The Untouchables/The Frank Sinatra Show

John Callender


Connie Cezon - 17 eps of PM/22 roles from 1951-1964 including Death Valley Days/Abbott and Costello/2 eps of RinTinTin

Gertie


Judy Tyler- only ep of PM/5 roles from 1947-1957 including Jailhouse Rock/96 episodes of The Howdy Doody Show/died six months before the show aired in an automobile accident. She was 24 and her husband died too.

Cherie Chi Chi



Susan Cummings - 2 eps of PM/55 roles from 1946-1974 including Twilight Zone/McHale’s Navy/Untouchables/The Frank Sinatra Show

Lois Fenton


Scott Elliott - only ep of PM/39 roles from 1945-1966 including Jack Benny/Lone Ranger/

Arthur Sheldon


Robert Bice - 7 eps of PM Rimantic Rogue/241 roles from 1943-1967 including Death Valley Days(last)/17 eps of The Untouchables/Dennis the Menace/Lassie/Riverboat/Dragnet/Jailhouse Rock/The Ten Commandments/Lone Ranger/Abbot and Costello

Faulkner


Minerva Urecal - 2 eps of PM/281 roles from 1933-1966 including Pettycoat Junction/Lone Ranger/Abbott and Costello/Harvey/April Showers(as Landlady)/

Landlady


Sydney Smith

Judge Donahue


Rusty Wescoatt - only ep of PM/99 roles from 1947-1965 including Rin Tin Tin/Twilight Zone/Superman

Sgt. Holcomb (as Rusty Westcoatt)


James Nolan

Meeker


Herbert Lytton

Dr. Lambert

(as Herbert C. Lytton)


Don Anderson

Policeman (uncredited)


Lois De Banzie

Carol Nielson (uncredited)


David McMahon

Harvey--Drake Operative (uncredited)


Dennis Moore

Stablehand (uncredited)


Suzanne Ridgway

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Edwin Rochelle

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Hal Taggart

Court Reporter (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:

William Hopper a/k/a Paul Drake initially tested for the role of Perry Mason, while Raymond Burr initially read for the role of district attorney Hamilton Burger. They called William Hopper back for a second reading. Executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson recalled, "When Bill Hopper came in to read for Paul Drake he blurted out, 'You hate my mother.' His mother was Hedda Hopper a famous gossip columnist who was known for reporting untruths, half truths, ruining careers and she supported the House Un American activities Committee, which blackballed many actors suspected of communism. Jackson responded Well, I disliked what she stood for, but 'hate' is something else — and anyway he was perfect as Drake, and we got him.”

Next Week’s Episode: Season 2 Episode 29 - The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom